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Saturday, 4 April 1914
Home International Championship 1913-14 (31st) Match


Scotland 3 England 1 [1-1]

 
 

Hampden Park, Kinghorn Drive, Mount Florida, Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Kick-off (GMT): '3.00 p.m.'
Attendance: '105,000'
Receipts:
'£x.'
England's fifth visit to the new Hampden Park; 21st official visit to Glasgow & to Lanarkshire
Jimmy Gordon won the toss  kicked off 
[1-0] Charlie Thomson 7
 
'twenty-yard shot from a Donaldson corner'
32nd equalising goal from England>
75th England goal against Scotland>
[1≡1] Harold Fleming volley 18
 
'volley from a Smith header after a Crompton free-kick'
Football League Record

Season Record
 
[2-1] Jimmy McMenemy 51
 
'shot with splendid power just under the bar'
[3-1] Billy Reid 67
 
'placed his shot inside the post'
 
 
 
 
"..."- newspaper

Officials         

Scotland Team Records England
Referee
Herbert S. Bamlett
32 (1 March 1882), Gateshead
Linesmen
Duncan Campbell
Scotland
M. Bilston
England
 

Scotland Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 7th to 5th
Colours Dark blue shirts with white collars and white shorts, dark socks with white trim.
Captain Jimmy Gordon Selection The Scottish Football Association Selection Committee, of seven members
 
  team chosen in Glasgow, on Monday, 30 March 1914, following the interleague match.
Scotland Lineup
  Brownlie, James 28 15 May 1885 G Third Lanark FC 16 11ᵍᵃ
  McNair, Alexander 31 24 December 1882 RB The Celtic FC 12 0
  Dodds, Joseph 26 14 July 1887 LB The Celtic FC 3 0
  Gordon, James E. 25 23 July 1888 RH Rangers FC 7 0
Thomson, Charles Bellany 35 12 June 1878 CH Sunderland AFC, England 21 4
final app 1904-14
  Hay, James 33 12 December 1880 LB Newcastle United FC, England 11 0
  Donaldson, Alexander P. 23 4 December 1890 OR Bolton Wanderers FC, England 3 0
McMenemy, James 30 23 August 1880 IR The Celtic FC 11 5
Reid, William nk not known CF Rangers FC 9 4
  Croal, James A. 28 27 July 1885 IL Falkirk FC 3 0
  Donnachie, Joseph 28/29 1885 OR Oldham Athletic AFC, England 3 1

reserves:

not known
 
2-3-5 Brownlie -
McNair, Dodds -
Gordon, Thomson, Hay -
Donaldson, McMenemy, Reid, Croall, Donnachie.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 9.0 1.3
 

England Team

 

Rank

No official ranking system established;
ELO rating 1st to 2nd
Colours White collared jerseys and navy blue shorts
Captain Bob Crompton Selection The five-man FA International Selection Committee
P last of 21, W 11 - D 5 - L 5 - F 34 - A 24. P 88 of 195, W 62 - D 16 - L 10 - F 289 - A 83.
  team chosen at 42 Russell Square, London, on Monday, 30 March 1914.
England Lineup
    eight changes to the previous match (Hardy, Crompton & Shea remain) league position (30th March) ave FL pos: 8th¹⁰
  Hardy, Sam 30 26 August 1882 G Aston Villa FC (FL1 3rd) 18 18ᵍᵃ
most gk apps
  Crompton, Robert 34
190 days
26 September 1879 RB Blackburn Rovers FC (FL1 TOP) 41 0
most apps 1909-14
final app 1902-14
  Pennington, Jesse 30 23 August 1883 LB West Bromwich Albion FC (FL1 4th) 23 0
  Sturgess, Albert 31
165 days
21 October 1882 RH Sheffield United FC (FL1 17th) 2 0
final app 1911-14
  McCall, Joseph 27 6 July 1886 CH Preston North End FC (FL1 BOTTOM) 3 1
  McNeal, Robert 23
79 days
15 January 1891 LH West Bromwich Albion FC (FL1 4th) 2 0
final app 1914
382   Walden, Frederick I. 26
34 days
1 March 1888 OR Tottenham Hotspur FC (FL1 12th) 1 0
second Spurs player to represent England
Fleming, Harold J. 26
339 days
30 April 1887 IR Swindon Town FC (SL1 TOP) 11 9
the last Town player to represent England final app 1909-14
  Hampton, J. Henry 28
348 days
21 April 1885 CF Aston Villa FC (FL1 3rd) 4 2
final app 19-14
  Smith, Joseph 24 25 June 1889 IL Bolton Wanderers FC (FL1 2nd) 3 1
  Mosscrop, Edwin 24
292 days
16 June 1889 OL Burnley FC (FL1 10th) 2 0
final app 1914

reserves:

Rev. Kenneth Hunt (Crystal Palace FC (SL1 2nd) & Oxford City FC) and 's Vivian Woodward (Chelsea FC (FL1 9th)).

team notes:

For the first time, England and Scotland are playing a 'dead rubber' match, that is, neither side can effectively change the outcome of this season's campaign.

appearance notes:

Bob Crompton ends his England career as top record appearance holder, a record held since 1909. Jesse Pennington is the fifth player to have made 23 appearances, whereas record appearance holder for a goalkeeper, Sam Hardy, is the tenth to make eighteen, and Harold Fleming is the 23rd to make eleven.
One hundred players have now made at least four England appearances, with Harry Hampton the latest addition to the list. 43 players have played more than twice, whereas 225 have played more than once.
Crompton is also the first player to make 41 appearances under the guidance of the ISC, and Jesse Pennington is the third to make 23.

goalscoring notes:

Harold Fleming is the ninth player to score nine England goals.

records:

England's tenth competitive defeat at the hands of Scotland.
 
2-3-5 Hardy -
Crompton, Pennington -
Sturgess, McCall, McNeal -
Walden, Fleming, Hampton, Smith, Mosscrop.

Averages:

Age   Appearances/Goals 10.0 1.1

England teams v. Scotland:

1913:

Hardy Crompton Pennington Brittleton McCall Watson Simpson Fleming Hampton Holley Hodkinson

1914:

Sturgess McNeal Walden Smith Mosscrop
 
       Match Report The x

  To come
   

          Match Report The Times, Monday, 6 April 1914

Before a crowd of 110,000 people, Scotland beat England on Saturday by three goals to one. Although extra stands and extra banking have been added to Hampden Park since last year, the gates had to be closed before the game started, and thousands were turned away disappointed.
Getting to the ground was a matter of the utmost difficulty. Hampden Park is some four miles out of Glasgow, and to walk there would take the keen edge off the appetite for the game. Trams were quite hopeless unless one was prepared to fight one's way in and risk a broken ankle from a slammed door. To take a lady by train was impossible. Every taxicab and horse-cab in Glasgow was engaged by 12 o'clock in the morning. Many people only got to the ground by walking half-way and snatching up conveyances as they came back.
Hundreds arriving after the gates were shut climbed the hill which faces the grand-stand and watched the game from there. " Watched the game " is a polite fiction, for the people on the hill could only see the ball when it was kicked very high ; the players themselves they could not catch a glimpse of. Some mental telepathy, however, seemed to pass between them and the spectators in the grand-stand ; and apparently they enjoyed the game almost as much as if they were really seeing it all. They could hear the roar that came up from the crowd when a goal was scored, but until some sign was given from the grand-stand, they could have no notion which side had scored. Whether it was a brilliant shot, a weak save, or a back putting the ball through his own goal they had no human chance of knowing. Yet there they stood and apparently enjoyed themselves. " What fools these mortals be," said Puck. But some forms of madness are good for a nation.
As for the crowd inside the ground, it was a sight to see and never forget. The huge bank opposite the grand-stand was a misty sea of faces, lit up occasionally as the sun struck on them, but mostly a blurred colourless white like baby balloons. Faces and caps, faces and caps, not even a shoulder to be seen behind the front row. From far off the crowd of faces looked like the " hundreds and thousands " of our childhood, dusted on a huge oblong with a green rectangle for a centre. In " The Little White Bird," J. M. Barrie writes that the Baby Walk is so full of perambulators that you could cross from side to side stepping on babies, but the nurses won't let you do it." On Saturday you could have walked round the ground stepping on heads ; but the police would not have let you do it.
There was no championship at stake on Saturday, the Association Championship had been annexed by Ireland already. But as in the Calcutta Cup at Rugby football, so at Association, the game of the year is that between England and Scotland ; other internationals pale before the great game, which is really rather a pity.
It was the fastest game between England and Scotland since the A.F.A. and the F.A. quarrelled...
...A corner followed to Scotland, and, from another, Thomson scored with a long shot. Pennington was responsible for the goal, for he crossed Hardy as the shot was made and unsighted him. This was just four and a half minutes from the start...
A foul against Thomson in the middle of the ground led up to England's one goal. Crompton took the kick ; Smith trapped it cleverly and passed across to Fleming, who rushed the ball through...
...After six minutes M'Menemy shot in from only a few yards out, Hardy having no chance to save. The defence seemed to leave M'Menemy severely alone, each, apparently, expecting some one else to take the man while they looked on. A quarter of an hour later M'Menemy hit the bar with a grand shot ; the ball came out softly to Reid, who scored very easily...

  

 
       In Other News....
It was on 5 April 1914 that the Baronet of Coombe in Sussex, Sir John Shiffner died whilst cleaning a gun, when it went off, killing him instantly.  
 
 
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Teams in a silver box denotes a player representing England
Domestic Football Results (4 April 1914)
The Football League Division One:
   
Aston Villa 1 Newcastle United 3
   Villa Park, Birmingham (17,000)
Wallace (pen) ~ Shepherd (2), Wilson
Villa were without Sam Hardy and Harry Hampton, but did start with Charlie Wallace
United were without Jimmy Hay, but did start with Colin Veitch, Billy Hibbert and Albert Shepherd
 
Blackburn Rovers 3 Bolton Wanderers 2
   Ewood Park, Blackburn (25,000)
Latheron, Dawson, Shea ~ Lillycrop (2)
Rovers were without Bob Crompton, but did start with Arthur Cowell, Billy Bradshaw, Jock Simpson, Danny Shea and Eddie Latheron
Wanderers were without Joe Smith and Alex Donaldson
  
Bradford City 0 Chelsea 0
   Valley Parade, Bradford (10,000)
City started with Dickie Bond
Chelsea were without Vivian Woodward, but did start with Harold Halse
 
Derby County 4 Manchester United 2
   Baseball Ground, Derby (7,000)
Barnes (2), Leonard, Scattergood-(gk) (pen) ~
 Anderson, Travers
County started with Ernie Scattergood and Frank Buckley
 
Everton 2 West Bromwich Albion 0
   Goodison Park, Liverpool (21,000)
Clennell, Parker
Everton started with Frank Jefferis
Albion were without Jesse Pennington and Bobby McNeal
 
Manchester City 2 Oldham Athletic 1
   Hyde Road, Ardwick (28,000)
Jones (2) ~ Walters
Oldham were without Joe Donnachie, but did start with Hugh Moffat, Charlie Roberts and George Woodger
 
Middlesbrough 4 Preston North End 1
   Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
(11,000)
Healey, Elliott (2 (1 pen)), Tinsley ~ Kennedy
Boro started with Tim Williamson and George Elliott
North End were without Joe McCall
 
Sheffield United 5 Burnley 0
   Bramall Lane, Sheffield
(18,000)
Kitchen, Fazackerley (2), Gillespie (2)
United were without Albert Sturgess, but did start with George Utley and Robert Evans
Burnley were without Eddie Mosscrop, but did start with Billy Watson and Tommy Boyle
 
Sunderland 0 The Wednesday 1
   Roker Park, Sunderland
(12,000)
McLean
Sunderland were without Charlie Thompson, but did start with Frank Cuggy, Jackie Mordue, Charlie Buchan, George Holley and Harry Martin
Wednesday started with Tom Brittleton
 
Tottenham Hotspur 0 Liverpool 0
   White Hart Lane, Tottenham
(19,800)
Spurs were without Fanny Walden

 
Division One Table
Team P
Blackburn Rovers 27 37
Bolton Wanderers 26 30
Aston Villa 26 29
West Bromwich Albion 26 28
Sunderland 27 32
Middlesbrough 26 26
Oldham Athletic 26 29
Bradford City 26 29
Everton 26 25
Chelsea 26 26
Burnley 27 29
Tottenham Hotspur 26 23
Newcastle United 26 24
Liverpool 26 23
Manchester United 26 29
The Wednesday 27 22
Sheffield United 27 24
Manchester City 26 24
Derby County 26 20
Preston North End 27 17

Blackburn wrapped up their second title in three years, six days later, on Good Friday.
     
   
The Football League Division Two:
 
Barnsley 0 Notts County 1
   Oakwell, Barnsley
(13,000)
Flint
County started with Bert Morley
 
Blackpool 0 Clapton Orient 0
   Bloomfield Road, Blackpool
(3,500)
 
Bury 0 Bradford 0
   Gigg Lane
(5,561)
  
Fulham 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0
   Craven Cottage, Fulham
(10,000)
Pearce
 
Grimsby Town 0 Birmingham 2
   Blundell Park, Cleethorpes
(8,000)
A.W.Smith (2)
 
Huddersfield Town 0 Stockport County 2
   Leeds Road, Huddersfield
(5,000)
Gault, Rodgers
 
Hull City 0 Leicester Fosse 0
   Anlaby Road, Hull
(7,000)
 
Lincoln City 1 Glossop 5
   Sincil Bank, Lincoln
(3,000)
Robson ~
 
H.Stapley (2), Henderson (2), Thompson
 
Nottingham Forest 2 Leeds City 1
   City Ground, Nottingham
(5,000)
Derrick, Harris
~ Law
 
Woolwich Arsenal 1 Bristol City 1
   Manor Ground, Plumstead
(12,000)
Winship ~ Brown
Arsenal started with Bob Benson and Jock Rutherford
City started with Billy Wedlock
 
Division Two Table
Team P
Notts County 35 50
Bradford 33 41
Woolwich Arsenal 32 41
Hull City 33 39
Leeds City 32 38
Clapton Orient 32 37
Bristol City 33 37
Wolverhampton Wanderers 33 36
Barnsley 32 35
Bury 33 35
Fulham 33 34
Stockport County 33 31
Grimsby Town 32 31
Birmingham 33 30
Huddersfield Town 33 27
Blackpool 33 27
Glossop 33 23
Leicester Fosse 33 23
Lincoln City 34 22
Nottingham Forest 33 21
Seven days later, Notts County's target of immediate promotion back to the First Division was achieved when they secured the Second Division Championship. They were accompanied into the top flight by Bradford, who secured a first ever promotion by nine-hundredths of a goal from Woolwich Arsenal.
  
 
       Source Notes
TheFA
Scottish FA
England Football Factbook
Richard Keir's Scotland - The Complete International Record
Andy Mitchell's The Men Who Made Football
Rothman's Yearbooks
The Football Association Yearbooks
Original Newspaper Reports
Ancestry.com
London Hearts
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